Henry max kunz



Patented Aug. I6, |898. H. M. KUNZ.

H Y D R N T.

(Application filed Mar. 7, 1898.)

{No Model.)

HENRY MAX KUNz, oENEw. YoEX, N. Y.

HYDRANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,105, dated August 16, Y1898. Application iiled March 7,1898. Serial No. 672,967. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MAX KUNz, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, (Brooklym) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrants, of which the following is a full and complete specication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hose-hydrants of that class which are adapted to be used as fireplugs; and it has for its object to provide a simple and improved hydrant of this character which will provide an effective closure for the hose connection and which will comprise mechanism or means for opening and closing said closure and the valve.

The invention is fully disclosed in the followingspecification, of which the accompanying drawings forma part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same letters of reference in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view of a hose-hydrant embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the front of the upper part of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the same, and Fig. 4. is a plan of the tool used in turning the cap and stem.

In the class of hose-hydrants to which this invention relates there is a casing A, closed at both ends, and which is normally partially buried in the earth, as indicated. The main enters at the lower end and communicates with the feed-pipe B, such communication being controlled by a stop and waste cock, as is usual in this class of devices. Near the upper end of the casin g an opening a3 is made in one side thereof, through which the nozzle opening, as shown in Fig. 2, and an angular flange a4 is arranged on two sides of said opening to form a stop for the plate C.

cap a is provided with a iiat-sided boss or projection a5, by means of which it may be turned by the use of a suitable tool. y

The stem E for operating the stop and waste cock extends upwardly therefrom and The said centrally through the casing and through a central opening a6 in the cap and its boss a5. The stem fits closely but can turn within said opening and is provided with a flat-sided head or nut e at its upper end, resting upon the boss a5 and adapted to be turned by the same tool. In turning said parts the tool is first placed upon the boss a5, and after the slide C has been moved to one side and the hose attached the stem can be turned to open the valve. For the purpose of explanation a tool is shown which can be used for turning the cap or stem, said tool having a jaw open at one side, and used in amanner which is obvious;

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a hydrant, a casing provided with an opening and a revoluble cap mountedl upon and closing the upper end of the casing and provided with a depending plate that is situated close to the inner face of said casing.

2. In a hydrant, a casing provided with an opening, and a revoluble cap mounted upon and closing the upper end of said casing and provided with a depending plate that is situated close to the inner face of said casing, and a boss on the upper end of said cap by means of which it is turned.

3. In a hydrant, having a casing provided with an opening, a nozzle of the feed-pipe situated within said casing and opposite said opening, and a revoluble cap mounted upon said casing and provided with a depending plate adapted to cover said opening in the casing, substantially as set forth.

4. In a hydrant, a casing provided with an opening a vrevoluble cap mounted upon and closing the upper end of the casing and pro- 'vided with a depending plate that is situated close to the inner face of the casing, a boss i HENRY MAX XUNz.

Witnesses:

L. M. MULLER, M. A'. KNowLEs.

Aupon the upper end of said cap having an IOO 

